Strong start to summer for BHS girls hoops

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Jun 6, 2013 at 12:04 PMJun 6, 2013 at 12:09 PM

BAKERSFIELD — The 2013-14 Burroughs girls basketball team took the court together for the first time on Wednesday night and made a solid first impression. The Burros beat West 43-8 and Delano 34-17 in their Fairfax Summer League debut in Bakersfield.

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

BAKERSFIELD — The 2013-14 Burroughs girls basketball team took the court together for the first time on Wednesday night and made a solid first impression. The Burros beat West 43-8 and Delano 34-17 in their Fairfax Summer League debut in Bakersfield."We got to play someone besides ourselves, which was nice," head coach Robert Campbell said. "We were just trying to get people in the right spots. We have a lot of returners and we actually did well."Aubrey Hayes led Burroughs in scoring in each of the victories, Chantia Jennings was the leading rebounder, and the tandem of Madison Schiller and Alex Simmons led the team in steals. Campbell said the Burros were hoping to test out a new man-to-man offense that features four guards, but couldn't because each of their opponents ran zone defense."We got to play someone besides ourselves, which was nice," Campbell said.On defense, Burroughs opened the summer campaign with a basic man-to-man full-court press against both opponents. Aside from last year's returners, Wednesday's team featured junior varsity newcomers Allie Sliva and Madison Felix along with freshman Ashleigh Ayers."It's a different chemistry – you have to learn how to play together all over again," Campbell said. "It's interesting to see how that develops."The Burros return to action this weekend in a tournament in Bakersfield.